Petrified Wood - Washington, D.C.
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N 38° 53.436 W 077° 01.544
18S E 324310 N 4306586
A piece of petrified wood at the entrance to the Smithsonian National Natural History Museum.
Waymark Code: WMX3Q8
Location: District of Columbia, United States
Date Posted: 11/22/2017
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member veritas vita
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The rock was hounded just outside of the Petrified Forrest National Park in Arizona. Radiometric dating estimates the rock is at least two hundred million years old.
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